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that's why we saw that new slick version of the romney bot on on wednesday night. this romney bot, they worked on him for hours in the factory making sure he had the right smile, making sure he seemed warm and sincere. well, who was that guy, michael? this is not a guy we had seen on the campaign trail for the last -- >> i can't even take any of this seriously. >> -- several months. >> i think, first off, the whole idea this guy is an empty suit it's laughable to say that. he was the governor of a state and he was very successful as a governor of a state. he was able to cobble together the coalition, something this president hasn't been able to do, quite frankly, to get his agenda done. >> why does he keep saying his -- excuse me. this one gets to me and i don't like the word lie but i think he's dealing in an untruth here. he did it the other night after being corrected by his staff when he did it on one of the sunday shows. he said his health care plan, such as it's going to be, will cover people who don't have coverage for a pre-existing condition and they try t
that's why we saw that new slick version of the romney bot on on wednesday night. this romney bot, they worked on him for hours in the factory making sure he had the right smile, making sure he seemed warm and sincere. well, who was that guy, michael? this is not a guy we had seen on the campaign trail for the last -- >> i can't even take any of this seriously. >> -- several months. >> i think, first off, the whole idea this guy is an empty suit it's laughable to say that. he...
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they perform flawlessly night after night. i can't always say the same. >> that was president obama during a los angeles fund-raiser last night acknowledging that his debate performance didn't live up to hollywood standards. governor romney is trying to keep his debate act alive shedding his wooden image for a more human mitt. he told the emotional story of helping a young member of the mormon church who was dying of leukemia. >> through all this david had the kind of strength and courage and maturity you see in so many of our young people, so many of the people in this great nation of ours. i thought of the wonderful slogan later, clear eyes, full heart, can't lose. >> joining the panel now ar ari melver of the nation and nicholas cantasori of the new york times t. yes. >> that's who he is. >> let's talk about the strategy. the president, just forget about wednesday. think about friday. mitt romney forget about friday, remember wednesday. who is selling themselves better this week in your opinion? >> mitt romney is doing a gr
they perform flawlessly night after night. i can't always say the same. >> that was president obama during a los angeles fund-raiser last night acknowledging that his debate performance didn't live up to hollywood standards. governor romney is trying to keep his debate act alive shedding his wooden image for a more human mitt. he told the emotional story of helping a young member of the mormon church who was dying of leukemia. >> through all this david had the kind of strength and...
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romney is trashing mr. jobs creation. here is perry last night in this fight. it's an interesting fight that we watched between perry now and romney. here is perry last night. what he has taken off the gloves, singling out mitt romney, going after the governor of massachusetts, the exone by name. let's listen. >> republican primary while he was the governor of massachusetts. their job creation in that state was 47th in the nation. government mandate, government run health care. it is part of what he put in place as the governor of massachusetts. it is time -- i think it's very important we put someone as our nominee that does not work between president obama and the republican party. the job creation in massachusetts and that legacy of health care in massachusetts even makes it worse today. >> i get the feeling rick perry has always been the superstar of politics. now he's got to get into notes. he's not quite as fluent. >> not good to have notes for rick perry. he should be waving his hat and riding in on his horse. i think romney rattled him a bit. i think in
romney is trashing mr. jobs creation. here is perry last night in this fight. it's an interesting fight that we watched between perry now and romney. here is perry last night. what he has taken off the gloves, singling out mitt romney, going after the governor of massachusetts, the exone by name. let's listen. >> republican primary while he was the governor of massachusetts. their job creation in that state was 47th in the nation. government mandate, government run health care. it is part...
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he accused mitt romney of not being the real mitt romney on wednesday night during that debate saying he appeared to be more moderate, walked back some of his initial positions. mr. obama said his health care plan would cover pre-existing condition, that's a claim that the campaign walked about. today mr. obama said romney had been fact-checked by his own campaign. took a slight at that. trying to rally support in ohio where early voting has already started. this is a key battleground state, tamron. >> thank you, kristen. more on the breaking news. the new jobs numbers. in a statement john boehner said while there's positive news in today's report, job creation is far too slow and the unemployment rate is far too high. senate majority leader harry reid said with unemployment dropping below 8% to the lowest level in four years, our economy is on the right track. joining me now is "newsweek" columnist zachary caribel. we have one more jobs report left and let's move aahead and not talk about the ground game regarding the numbers we've seen. let's talk about the numbers we haven't seen c
he accused mitt romney of not being the real mitt romney on wednesday night during that debate saying he appeared to be more moderate, walked back some of his initial positions. mr. obama said his health care plan would cover pre-existing condition, that's a claim that the campaign walked about. today mr. obama said romney had been fact-checked by his own campaign. took a slight at that. trying to rally support in ohio where early voting has already started. this is a key battleground state,...
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but it couldn't have been mitt romney, because the real mitt romney has been running around the country for the last year, promising $5 trillion in tax cuts that favor the wealthy. the fellow on stage last night said he didn't know anything about that. >> you know, karen, this is the day after the debate when he was criticized for not slugging back at mitt romney. are we going to hear more attacks on these about mitt romney's evolving positions? >> probably, we will. here's the problem that romney has from the beginning. his honest and trustworthiness, which is characteristic in polling, where president obama has consistently done very well. people trust him. also shares my values. with romney, people aren't quite sure. so he's also got fundamental problems, even within his own base. this idea that he's trying to now shift positions in the last few weeks to appease and to appeal to independents comes at too risk to not being able to garner the support he needs on the far right. so, sure. the other point is, either he's lying or we just don't know what he's going to do, because the presi
but it couldn't have been mitt romney, because the real mitt romney has been running around the country for the last year, promising $5 trillion in tax cuts that favor the wealthy. the fellow on stage last night said he didn't know anything about that. >> you know, karen, this is the day after the debate when he was criticized for not slugging back at mitt romney. are we going to hear more attacks on these about mitt romney's evolving positions? >> probably, we will. here's the...
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this was the type of performance that romney brought last night. bill crystal in "the weekly standard" said, romney comes out of the debate with momentum. can his campaign turn a good debate into a true inflection point in the presidential race? so in your estimation, your guy went up against mitt romney in the primary and debates, how does this mitt romney last night compare to the one that your guy debated against and then how does romney seize on this moment to keep up that momentum in the final days? >> well, first of all, i'm not the least bit surprised mitt romney did as well as he did. he did well in the 20 debates rick santorum went up against him. i would also argue one of the big advantages romney had going into the debate was he did have to debate rick santorum, he did have to debate newt gingrich. it is like having a preseason. and the president didn't have that. i think the other key thing that came out of this is the presidential race for all practical purposes actually started last night. a lot of people just didn't know mitt romney
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hammered governor romney on his shape shifting. >> a few nights ago, suddenly a guy pretending to be mitt romney stood on a stage next to me and said he's changing his plan. he's just going to pretend it doesn't exist. what $5 trillion tax cut? what was being presented wasn't leadership. that's salesmanship. >> when the storm clouds clear, which romney will voters remember? the bone dry severe conservative or the misty massachusetts moderate? the paradox of the mittens, a multi volume extravaganza continues. john heilemann, what do we make, what do you specifically make, of this politico inside dope that says ann and tagg romney have been instrumental in this recalibrated mitt romney? >> i never want to take exception that anybody mike allen and jim vandehei write but maybe there's a straining to find a more biz zanty explanation than is necessarily the case. to question that ann romney was unhawpe with what was happening to her husband as any reasonable wife would be, given the way he was being portrayed and allowing people to portray himself. there's, you know, losing campaign, whi
hammered governor romney on his shape shifting. >> a few nights ago, suddenly a guy pretending to be mitt romney stood on a stage next to me and said he's changing his plan. he's just going to pretend it doesn't exist. what $5 trillion tax cut? what was being presented wasn't leadership. that's salesmanship. >> when the storm clouds clear, which romney will voters remember? the bone dry severe conservative or the misty massachusetts moderate? the paradox of the mittens, a multi...
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romney showed his willingness to say whatever would get him through the night. shifting his positions to deals that he's made with the right, positioning himself just where it works, with the voter. it reminds me of bill murray's character in groundhog day. every day he gets up to the same day, comes up with a new pitch based on what she said about her likes and dislikes the day before. this is the romney approach. sell whatever people are willing to buy. if that causes trouble, say you're against any cuts in medicare. get it? sell big tax cuts to the job creators, those in the country with the most money. if that causes trouble, just deny it. pretend you never said a word about giving a break to those job creators. get it? say that you want the auto industry to go bankrupt. say you don't care about 44% of the country that doesn't care about social security. then when that 44% is watching you, say that your heart is bleeding for them. that's right, just like on groundhog day, listening for clues of what doesn't work. what
romney showed his willingness to say whatever would get him through the night. shifting his positions to deals that he's made with the right, positioning himself just where it works, with the voter. it reminds me of bill murray's character in groundhog day. every day he gets up to the same day, comes up with a new pitch based on what she said about her likes and dislikes the day before. this is the romney approach. sell whatever people are willing to buy. if that causes trouble, say you're...
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this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> we're talking about wednesday night's debate between mitt romney and president barack obama and the performance of both men respectively. i think my take on the president's performance was it was a combination of strategic choices that they make time and time again to above all else, the hippocratic oath of the barack obama campaign from the first day is first do no harm to the president's likability. >> exactly. >> do no harm. everything is subordinate to that. so any attack he might launch, anything aggressive has to be calculated in relation to the possible down side risk of imperilling the president's personal brand as the adult in the room, as the agreeable one, as the rational one, as the never angry person which has a whole intense racial subtext. the positive/negative feelings towards president obama and mitt romney going into the debate, those are the gains they have consolidated. president 52% likability, 42% negative. and mitt romney was underwater in that respect. so that is a key number for them. that is their watch number. i think tha
this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> we're talking about wednesday night's debate between mitt romney and president barack obama and the performance of both men respectively. i think my take on the president's performance was it was a combination of strategic choices that they make time and time again to above all else, the hippocratic oath of the barack obama campaign from the first day is first do no harm to the president's likability. >> exactly. >> do no harm....
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last night on issue after issue romney could have actually given some answers. but instead he just left the american people with a lot more questions. joining me now is rick, the managing editor of "time" magazine. good to see you. >> good to see you, al. >> thank you for coming on tonight. mitt romney stayed vague, especially on the big issues of taxes. why has he decided to avoid specifics? and i know you've taken both sides at test. i'll put that out front. i know you've done a cover story of mitt romney. have you been able to lock him down on specifics and why not? >> i did interview governor romney before the convention. i asked him what would be the deductions that you would take in order to pay for a 20% across the board tax cut? you know, there aren't that many options. there's the income tax deduction and philanthropic. at this point in the campaign, what would go wrong to say that? he's been saying all along, the democrats will pick me apart. again, what we've seen in the last two or three election cycles is that specificity does harm to candidates. ob
last night on issue after issue romney could have actually given some answers. but instead he just left the american people with a lot more questions. joining me now is rick, the managing editor of "time" magazine. good to see you. >> good to see you, al. >> thank you for coming on tonight. mitt romney stayed vague, especially on the big issues of taxes. why has he decided to avoid specifics? and i know you've taken both sides at test. i'll put that out front. i know...
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how would you describe mitt romney's strategy last night? >> i think it's easy to lose sight of who the audience of the debate was, and it was independent voters. if you look at how the independent voters interpreted the results last night, triple p said they were less likely to stroet for obama afterwards and more likely it to vote for obama afterwards. it's a small sample. it shows the success of romney's strategy, which was to pass that presidential bar, but then also to be talking about these economic issues as much as he could whenever he could. whenever the debate pivoted back to economics, he dominated. i think that was very, very clear, and we saw it over and over again throughout the debate. >> one area he did not dominate and we'll play this clip later, the auto industry. i don't think anyone thinks he dominated on that subject matter and that's millions of jobs for a lot of people in states he needs, particularly ohio. jonathan, i want to bring up what joe scarborough had to say about romney's move to the center and the timing of
how would you describe mitt romney's strategy last night? >> i think it's easy to lose sight of who the audience of the debate was, and it was independent voters. if you look at how the independent voters interpreted the results last night, triple p said they were less likely to stroet for obama afterwards and more likely it to vote for obama afterwards. it's a small sample. it shows the success of romney's strategy, which was to pass that presidential bar, but then also to be talking...
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you heard the president last night with mr. romney. mr. romney being a different mr. romney than we've seen him for the last 18 months or the last section years. do you think even with the new hit romney that showed up last night when he starts talking about states' rights, when he starts talking about regulation or deregulation, when he starts saying he doesn't advocate $5 trillion tax cut when in fact the numbers prove that he does and has been advocating that, will that resonate with independent voters and/or undecided voters in your state of ohio? >> i don't think so. i think people realize that governor romney is still wrong on medicare and still wrong on trade and still wrong on jobs and still wrong on the middle class. i think that's increasingly clear. again it goes back to which path do you go. do you want to go back to the trickle down economics you give tax cuts to the rich and hope it helps the middle class or do you focus on the middle class and that's trait enforcement, it's i don't think training at community colleges like columbus state and sinclair. i
you heard the president last night with mr. romney. mr. romney being a different mr. romney than we've seen him for the last 18 months or the last section years. do you think even with the new hit romney that showed up last night when he starts talking about states' rights, when he starts talking about regulation or deregulation, when he starts saying he doesn't advocate $5 trillion tax cut when in fact the numbers prove that he does and has been advocating that, will that resonate with...
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that's what romney did last night. every time obama said you have a $5 trillion tax cut, he said no i don't. the truth is we don't know what it is. as he's running for president, i think it's information that we're frankly entitled to. >> let me play another clip. the president criticized romney for a lack of specifics in the tax plan and wall street reform and health care. that's how that went down. >> my experience as a governor is if i come in and lay down a piece of legislation and say, it's my way or the highway, i don't get a lot done. what i do is the same way that tip o'neal and ronald reagan worked together some years ago. when ronald reagan ran for office, he laid out the principles that he was going to foster. >> so it's about principles, not actual hard plans. in a million years did you ever think that a victory could come out of this debate base odd vagueness? i ask that because knowing in we knew all of the weapons both could quite honestly use and weapons the moderator would have available to press both
that's what romney did last night. every time obama said you have a $5 trillion tax cut, he said no i don't. the truth is we don't know what it is. as he's running for president, i think it's information that we're frankly entitled to. >> let me play another clip. the president criticized romney for a lack of specifics in the tax plan and wall street reform and health care. that's how that went down. >> my experience as a governor is if i come in and lay down a piece of legislation...
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take a look at mitt romney's proposd budget. if he becomes president of the united states, romney believes the working poor in this country, well, you're just not doing enough. the candidate himself admitted giving opportunities to the poor are not a priority for him. >> i'm not concerned about the very poor. we have a safety net there, if it needs repair, i'll fix it. >> we have a safety net there, but mitt romney doesn't want to repair the safety net, he intends to destroy it. the romney plan is light on specifics but promises to bring federal spending below 20% of the gdp by the end of his first term. romney outlines on his website that he will cut the federal work force by 10%, privatize amtrak, cut foreign aid and eliminate federal money for family planning. those cuts alone won't get romney to his spending goal. romney says he will protect current social security and medicare recipients from cuts. romney also wants to increase the budget for the defense department. what for? i thought we were scaling down. how exactly will
take a look at mitt romney's proposd budget. if he becomes president of the united states, romney believes the working poor in this country, well, you're just not doing enough. the candidate himself admitted giving opportunities to the poor are not a priority for him. >> i'm not concerned about the very poor. we have a safety net there, if it needs repair, i'll fix it. >> we have a safety net there, but mitt romney doesn't want to repair the safety net, he intends to destroy it. the...
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if romney land is feeling bruised the tale of the tape last night was a t.k.o. the president won painting romney as an out of touch plutocrat, calling romney out for paying 14% in taxes, letting detroit go bankrupt and pushing a sketchy budget on the american public. he saved his blow for the most powerful of the night. >> i think the president's campaign has tried to characterize me as someone who's different than who i am. i care about 100% of the american people. >> when he said behind closed doors that 47% of the country considered themselves victims, who refused personal responsibility, think about who he was talking about. and i want to fight for them. that's what i've been doing for the last four years because if they succeed, i believe the country succeeds. >> refs on both sides agree that last night was a bruiser but the strongest most concise assessment came courtesy of the new york daily news. bam boom. round three, the last and time bought, is monday. sam stein, of "the huffington post," we have seen a lot of back and forth this morning from republic
if romney land is feeling bruised the tale of the tape last night was a t.k.o. the president won painting romney as an out of touch plutocrat, calling romney out for paying 14% in taxes, letting detroit go bankrupt and pushing a sketchy budget on the american public. he saved his blow for the most powerful of the night. >> i think the president's campaign has tried to characterize me as someone who's different than who i am. i care about 100% of the american people. >> when he said...
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president obama the winner last night, sir? >> no question. i thought he dominated governor romney. he exposed so many weaknesses. we watched governor romney play fantasy football with the america economy to fund the $7 trillion, $8 trillion. the only answer is that he was a good businessman over the last 25 years. but i tell you what, wasn't very good as governor of massachusetts. because he left massachusetts with a $1 billion debt. and went from 35th in job creation to 47th. i was with governor duval patrick and wonder why he never talks about the time as govern nor of massachusetts. he did such a bad job that he had less than a 38% approval rating and could not run for re-election. the president had a great night. >> governor romney talked briefly about the record with a balanced budget and negated to say it's in the constitution for that to take place. let's bring up the polling. you have cbs poll. i believe a cnn poll. the fast polls indicating the president won the debate, agreeing with you but when asked who would do a better i don't know with the economy, at least in the cb
president obama the winner last night, sir? >> no question. i thought he dominated governor romney. he exposed so many weaknesses. we watched governor romney play fantasy football with the america economy to fund the $7 trillion, $8 trillion. the only answer is that he was a good businessman over the last 25 years. but i tell you what, wasn't very good as governor of massachusetts. because he left massachusetts with a $1 billion debt. and went from 35th in job creation to 47th. i was with...
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that's next. >>> and later, i will show mitt romney who is to win tomorrow night's debate. i actually showed him how to do it six years ago in an episode of "the west wing." mitt romney and "the west wing" are in tonight's rewrite. rks di. it's the only wrap with patented heat cells that penetrate deep to relax, soothe, and unlock tight muscles. for up to 16 hours of relief, try thermacare. >> i've had a lot of republicans tell me, even supporters of yours, they look to mitt romney's tape, that 47% comment, how damaging was that? >> it was -- mitt acknowledged it was a very inarticulate way of a point we've been making all along in this campaign. >>> in the end, it is unlikely that either candidate for president will say something. with a greater impact on the outcome of the election than this. >> there are 47% of the people are going to vote for the people either way. there are 47% who are with him, who are dependent upon government. who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them. who believe they're entitled to health c
that's next. >>> and later, i will show mitt romney who is to win tomorrow night's debate. i actually showed him how to do it six years ago in an episode of "the west wing." mitt romney and "the west wing" are in tonight's rewrite. rks di. it's the only wrap with patented heat cells that penetrate deep to relax, soothe, and unlock tight muscles. for up to 16 hours of relief, try thermacare. >> i've had a lot of republicans tell me, even supporters of yours,...
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welcome back. >> thank you. >> mitt romney did not answer the question last night what would he do to make sure women are getting fair pay. he took a lot of heat for the binders full of women, but was it clear to you? >> absolutely. i think he should be applauded for saying i'm not looking for people who supported me politically. i'm not making this political. i'm going to make sure we have qualified women in my cabinet. i think he deserves credit for that. i think that's exactly what he will do when he's president. he will make sure there are qualified women at the top levels to have the white. exactly like he has in his campaign. >> do you understand why some women seem to take that as a little condescending or out of date to say -- and maybe a question can be raised about why did he even have to ask for binders full of women. who are the people who are vetting the cabinet for him that they didn't give him a single woman? >> i think he should be given credit for saying wait a minute, i'm not taking what i'm given. we're going u to show what we have in massachusetts, the diversity. i
welcome back. >> thank you. >> mitt romney did not answer the question last night what would he do to make sure women are getting fair pay. he took a lot of heat for the binders full of women, but was it clear to you? >> absolutely. i think he should be applauded for saying i'm not looking for people who supported me politically. i'm not making this political. i'm going to make sure we have qualified women in my cabinet. i think he deserves credit for that. i think that's...
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romney worked both those strategies last night and mr. romney, of course, won the debate, on style, on presentation, he won on demea r demeanor. now day two is the attempted cleanup for things he actually said. today has been a day of mr. romney's campaign saying he did not mean what he said about people with pre-existing conditions being able to get health insurance. his campaign said today he does not have a plan for that even though he said he did. the romney campaign today said he did not mean what he said about half the energy companies supported by the obama administration going bankrupt. he didn't actually mean that. sort of rolled over from democratic and liberal bewilderment last night that mr. romney was abandoning his main economic plan that he was running on, his $5 trillion tax cut plan, his big trickle-down plan, to be rolled over from democrats being bewildered about that to the beltway press and mainstream pundits i think now having a hard time deciding whether they are supposed to call that a lie or whether they're suppos
romney worked both those strategies last night and mr. romney, of course, won the debate, on style, on presentation, he won on demea r demeanor. now day two is the attempted cleanup for things he actually said. today has been a day of mr. romney's campaign saying he did not mean what he said about people with pre-existing conditions being able to get health insurance. his campaign said today he does not have a plan for that even though he said he did. the romney campaign today said he did not...
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mitt romney in the mile high city tonight for a predebate rally. surrogate chris christie set expectations mile high claiming wednesday night is yet another restart of the romney campaign. >> governor romney's going to lay out his vision for a better and greater america for greater opportunity for all of our citizens and i think that's when you're going it see this race really start to tighten and then move in governor romney's direction. come thursday morning the narrative of this race is going to change. >> romney has been preparing with senator rob portman who filled in as obama during john mccain's 2008 prep. the president practicing with jor kerry playing the role of romney. kerry is a good fit since the parallels between his '04 and current one is overwhelming. can romney get the post-debate bounce kerry did in '04 and take it one step further and turn it into something kerry couldn't do eight years ago. in '04 president bush had a six-point lead before the debates but kerry's performance boosted him tying the men for the final debate but it
mitt romney in the mile high city tonight for a predebate rally. surrogate chris christie set expectations mile high claiming wednesday night is yet another restart of the romney campaign. >> governor romney's going to lay out his vision for a better and greater america for greater opportunity for all of our citizens and i think that's when you're going it see this race really start to tighten and then move in governor romney's direction. come thursday morning the narrative of this race...
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do you think mitt romney passed the commander in chief test last night? >> well, actually, he didn't. the thing is when he goes out to partisan rallies, he tries to say his positions are different than the president's. that he's going to be tougher, stronger, meaner, more macho, more robust, greater resolve, greater force, more powerful. but when you pin him down on exactly what he would do, he has the same positions as the president and so he actually didn't pass the test because you can't say one thing in one place and something else somewhere else. foreign policy is built on the reputation of the president. and the commander in chief for clear vision and strong resolve, for consistency. that's what mitt romney failed on last night. >> let me play for you the analysis of the running mating this morning. here it is. >> we saw a man with a command of the facts, with the kind of temperament and demeanor that makes for a great president. >> commander of the facts and the temper and demeanor. there are a lot of analysts saying that he played it safe but also
do you think mitt romney passed the commander in chief test last night? >> well, actually, he didn't. the thing is when he goes out to partisan rallies, he tries to say his positions are different than the president's. that he's going to be tougher, stronger, meaner, more macho, more robust, greater resolve, greater force, more powerful. but when you pin him down on exactly what he would do, he has the same positions as the president and so he actually didn't pass the test because you...
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rick perry caught in friday night's lights and mitt romney and missing on halloween. >> black rolls rock. that is the name of a youth empowerment organization celebrating the second year of honoring exceptional women in business. sports and community service. in fact on sunday, november sixth, you can watch the second annual black girls rock on bet. i am join bide regina king who cohosted with tracy ellis ross. it's good to see you. thanks for joining "news nation." >> thanks for having me. me what it means for you to participate in. >> beverly bonds started it and the purpose for the organization is to reinforce images for young black girls. we know the age group from 12 to 17 are impressionable and they tend to emulate what they see on and media and magazines. the purpose of celebrating women that are black and letting them know that they rock is so that they see more images of themselves in different lights. >> so many of the characters that we have fall nen loen in lh are strong black women and people ask me and i'm sure they ask you, what was the difference in your life? what made y
rick perry caught in friday night's lights and mitt romney and missing on halloween. >> black rolls rock. that is the name of a youth empowerment organization celebrating the second year of honoring exceptional women in business. sports and community service. in fact on sunday, november sixth, you can watch the second annual black girls rock on bet. i am join bide regina king who cohosted with tracy ellis ross. it's good to see you. thanks for joining "news nation." >>...
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we heard romney the other night. he's got no transformational ideas except trickle down economics which we've seen doesn't work. we're not going to have miracles here. we need steady leadership, and whoever can provide that and be honest with the american people about steady leadership in terms of recovery and how he is going to do it as president ought to be the president. but enough of this rhetoric. >> to your point that the truth is important after these jobs numbers came out, jack welch tweeted, unbelievable jobs numbers. these chicago guys will do anything. can't debate so change the numbers. they are saying, rana, that these numbers were manipulated. >> that's nonsense. come on. >> if they were manipulated he would have boosted the manufacturing numbers. they were still down. these were mostly gains in health and education. i'm hopeful actually that the ticking down of the unemployment figure will make it a little easier to come to the kind of grand bargain we're going to need to come to after the election. as
we heard romney the other night. he's got no transformational ideas except trickle down economics which we've seen doesn't work. we're not going to have miracles here. we need steady leadership, and whoever can provide that and be honest with the american people about steady leadership in terms of recovery and how he is going to do it as president ought to be the president. but enough of this rhetoric. >> to your point that the truth is important after these jobs numbers came out, jack...
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mitt romney is revealing his strategy for what could be one of the biggest nights of his campaign. g numbers here, folks. 52 million people are expected to watch next wednesday's debate with president obama. and mitt has alan. he says he's going to go out and tellhe tth. >> i think the president will not be able to continue to mischaracterize my pathway and so i'll be able to describe mine, he will describe his and people will make a choice. >> kl rove loves the idea. he wrote today in the "wall street journal," "mrromney must call out the president and sethe rdtrait in idale. sounds good. and romney's taken his advice to heart. in fact, he says there are three issues he needs to correct t president on. here's the first one -- >> when he says i was in favor of liquidating the automobile rthefromhe truth. my plan was to rebuild the auto industry and take it through bankruptcy so that could happen. >> oh, really? romney's starting with an easy one here. we know exactly what he thinks about the automobile loan. beuse he wrote aut it in 08 romney said, let detroit go bankrupt. he said,
mitt romney is revealing his strategy for what could be one of the biggest nights of his campaign. g numbers here, folks. 52 million people are expected to watch next wednesday's debate with president obama. and mitt has alan. he says he's going to go out and tellhe tth. >> i think the president will not be able to continue to mischaracterize my pathway and so i'll be able to describe mine, he will describe his and people will make a choice. >> kl rove loves the idea. he wrote today...
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he says the president sank romney's battle ship last night. what are undecided voters saying? brian williams will be spending two days on the campaign trail with president obama as he sets out on that seven-state campaign swing. we'll have some of brian's reporting from the trail tomorrow on the show. and here's a look ahead at the schedules today. president obama, they keep saying they're departing del ray, florida. it's delray beach, it's delray beach, that's where my grand month lives. mitt romney is heading west. you're watching "the daily rundo rundown" on msnbc. ♪ constipated? yeah. mm. some laxatives like dulcolax can cause cramps. but phillips' caplets don't. they have magnesium. for effective relief of occasional constipation. thanks. [ phillips' lady ] live the regular life. phillips'. that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they he
he says the president sank romney's battle ship last night. what are undecided voters saying? brian williams will be spending two days on the campaign trail with president obama as he sets out on that seven-state campaign swing. we'll have some of brian's reporting from the trail tomorrow on the show. and here's a look ahead at the schedules today. president obama, they keep saying they're departing del ray, florida. it's delray beach, it's delray beach, that's where my grand month lives. mitt...
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and mitt romney last night said he was the cautious guy. that's how he's been running his campaign all year. he ben saying i'm not going to risk any polical capital. i'm going to let the other guys lose. what that does is build a market lled resentful dependency. it's like you're the cable company or the power company. you have no choice but to y from us. you know, take it or leave it. and voters -- >> you want to be nice to cable companies. >> but the problem is, that that makes voters want to tell mitt romney, oh, yeah, we'll teach you a lesn. last night he gave them an opportunity to do that with an elitist comment. newt gingrich is runnig, i think, he's running as the strong guy, not the cautious guy. at means he's going to -- he can get out there and say, look, your house is burning down, i'm a fireman. you don't care where i slept last night or what i did. let me put out the fire. you need me on that wall. >> ted koppel, what did you see? >> i hope to ioke the great lilytomlin, david, who once said no matter how cynical i get, i can v
and mitt romney last night said he was the cautious guy. that's how he's been running his campaign all year. he ben saying i'm not going to risk any polical capital. i'm going to let the other guys lose. what that does is build a market lled resentful dependency. it's like you're the cable company or the power company. you have no choice but to y from us. you know, take it or leave it. and voters -- >> you want to be nice to cable companies. >> but the problem is, that that makes...
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while the president's been showing compassion and command in a crisis, mitt romney's been busy as well shuffling off to buffalo today for a fund raising cash grab. that after hitting up top dollar donors with trump in tow, at the pierre hotel's penthouse just last night. his campaign has been tweeting every hour about how much money they've raised off their effort on the health care law. 4.6 million so far. funny that such a comprehensive and active digital team can't manage to release say romney's own plan for health care reform. while the repeal effort does double his average of 1.5 million raised on a daily basisç the obama campaign claims they have outraised the governor with support for the health care decision in the same period. let's get right to our panel now. a professor at georgetown university, jared bernstein, senior fellow at the center for budget and policy priorities and a former chief exist and policy adviser to joe biden and dana millbanks. gentlemen, a bit of news before we dive in. the department of justice has just informed congress they will not prosecute eric ho
while the president's been showing compassion and command in a crisis, mitt romney's been busy as well shuffling off to buffalo today for a fund raising cash grab. that after hitting up top dollar donors with trump in tow, at the pierre hotel's penthouse just last night. his campaign has been tweeting every hour about how much money they've raised off their effort on the health care law. 4.6 million so far. funny that such a comprehensive and active digital team can't manage to release say...
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that's why we saw that new slit version of the romney-bot on wednesday night. this romneybot, they worked on him in the factory for hours. >> oh, lord, cynthia. >> making sure he had the right smile, making sure he seemed warm and sincere. well, who was that guy? >> i think he was -- >> this is not a guy we've seen on the campaign trail for the last -- >> i can't take any of this seriously. >> -- for the last several months. >> i think first off the whole idea that this guy is an empty suit is laughable to say that, number one. he was the governor of a state and was successful. he was able to cobble together the coalition, something this president hasn't been able to do quite frankly to get his agenda done. >> why does he keep saying -- this one gets to me. i don't like the word lie. i think he's dealing an untruth here. he did it the other night after being corrected by his staff on one of the sunday shows. he said that his health care plan, such as it's going to be, will cover people who don't have coverage for pre-existing conditions and they try to buy a po
that's why we saw that new slit version of the romney-bot on wednesday night. this romneybot, they worked on him in the factory for hours. >> oh, lord, cynthia. >> making sure he had the right smile, making sure he seemed warm and sincere. well, who was that guy? >> i think he was -- >> this is not a guy we've seen on the campaign trail for the last -- >> i can't take any of this seriously. >> -- for the last several months. >> i think first off the...
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we saw ann romney last night on with jay leno. li sg st week when cof she chastised all of us when we didn't realize how lucky we are for having her husband run for president. what did you think of the more humble mrs. romney? >> i don't critique -- >> stop it. t heng get in the wring. >> she does have -- >> stop it. >> -- about watching your spouse -- watching your spouse take a shellacking is a diicult job for any spouse. and this just isn't a normal shellacking we're talking about. we're talking about a loss in novemberhatould put the republanso aernt minority status. and i think you'll start hearing two words. one, mandate. two, landslide. because that's the way things are looking. you talk to professionals and ey wil telou o camera it is getting increasingly unlikely to impossible that romney has a path in the electoral college here. >> goldie, do you agree with juli julien? >> i agree with lien, the path for mitt romney is certainly narrowing. i kno ttf mbaer king the kind of public flogging mitt romney is now, some of it se
we saw ann romney last night on with jay leno. li sg st week when cof she chastised all of us when we didn't realize how lucky we are for having her husband run for president. what did you think of the more humble mrs. romney? >> i don't critique -- >> stop it. t heng get in the wring. >> she does have -- >> stop it. >> -- about watching your spouse -- watching your spouse take a shellacking is a diicult job for any spouse. and this just isn't a normal shellacking...
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last night house speaker john boehner put in his bid for who romney should pick. >> i'm partial to rob portman, a long-time friend. a united states senator in ohio, served as director of office of management of budget under george w. bush, knows his way around washington and i think he'd be a great asset. >> first lady michelle obama is in london where she scored a penalty kick against sponge bob square pants. it was part of a "let's move" event. one of the biggest stories is the rivalry between american swimmers michael phelps and ryan lochte. >> i think it's more likely to be phelps but i don't know. >> in the first head-to-head showdown you're calling phelps over lochte. >> here's how first lady michelle obama responded when asked the same question by al roker. >> there's a big contest coming up. i wanted to get your prediction on ryan versus lochte. oh, no. i'm not going that way. go usa. >> april cording to the "new york times," some clubs are hiring extra dancers during the republicans convention. club owners have been told they could bring in four times the money during the supe
last night house speaker john boehner put in his bid for who romney should pick. >> i'm partial to rob portman, a long-time friend. a united states senator in ohio, served as director of office of management of budget under george w. bush, knows his way around washington and i think he'd be a great asset. >> first lady michelle obama is in london where she scored a penalty kick against sponge bob square pants. it was part of a "let's move" event. one of the biggest stories...
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of the caucuses that mitt romney had won. wow, romney wins iowa. seriously? no, actually a couple weeks later same guy issued a statement saying that mitt romney hadn't actually won. maybe they were like a tie, and a couple days later, okay, ran santorum won maybe they think, and when it came time to pick delegates, they gave most of their delegates to ron paul, so, iowa, wow, why are they first? you tell me, but they are first, and iowa politicos have always been ready to fight to the death to defend that because it makes them seem important. the endorsement of an iowa politician is worth more than in another state like kansas or connecticut because iowa is first, and so iowa politicians get fought over by all the national brand name politicians of their party. must feel great, right? must feel like a million bucks or maybe like 208,000 bucks, which is allegedly what one republican state senator charged the ron paul campaign to switch his endorsement from michele bachmann to ron paul, which he did. the allegations were made
of the caucuses that mitt romney had won. wow, romney wins iowa. seriously? no, actually a couple weeks later same guy issued a statement saying that mitt romney hadn't actually won. maybe they were like a tie, and a couple days later, okay, ran santorum won maybe they think, and when it came time to pick delegates, they gave most of their delegates to ron paul, so, iowa, wow, why are they first? you tell me, but they are first, and iowa politicos have always been ready to fight to the death to...
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mitt romney landed in colorado last night and scored the endorsement of the big guy. the legendary quarterback and now executive vice president of football operations john elway. it was the only scheduled talk. it was a stealth bomber in the background there. romney tried to tamp down expectations in the back. >> people want to know who is going to win? who is going to score the punches and who is going to make the biggest difference in the arguments they make? in my view, it's not so much winning or losing or even the people themselves. it's about something bigger than that. these debates are an opportunity for each of us to describe the pathway forward for america that we would choose. >> playing off the enthusiastic crowd. romney had lines for the base. may even tested out a few zingers we might hear wednesday night. >> this is a home to focus on the family which is committed to preserving the foundation of america. we have to get the pipe laine from canada if i have to build it myself. >> it will kill america's entrepreneurship. >> that's the first time, by the wa
mitt romney landed in colorado last night and scored the endorsement of the big guy. the legendary quarterback and now executive vice president of football operations john elway. it was the only scheduled talk. it was a stealth bomber in the background there. romney tried to tamp down expectations in the back. >> people want to know who is going to win? who is going to score the punches and who is going to make the biggest difference in the arguments they make? in my view, it's not so...
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and in grand rapids last night, though romney's apparent target was the president -- >> i call it crony capitalism. we've got hundreds of millions of dollars for labor bosses for his campaign and he's paying them back in any way he knows how. i'm happy to take on union bosses before and i'm happy to take them on again. >> but romney's actual target was santorum who the romney campaign labeled yesterday "big labor's favorite senator." the romney campaign hopes to make -- of what they believe is santorum's mixed labor record as the senator from pennsylvania which he's been forced to explain himself to republicans. here was santorum in january's nbc debate in new hampshire about his labor record. >> i have signed a pledge that i would support a national right to work. it was mentioned last night when i was the senator from pennsylvania, i didn't vote it because pennsylvania's not a right to work state and i didn't want to vote for a law that would change the law in pennsylvania. number two, what can unions do? as mitt mentioned, they can do training, but also a lot in the community. i've w
and in grand rapids last night, though romney's apparent target was the president -- >> i call it crony capitalism. we've got hundreds of millions of dollars for labor bosses for his campaign and he's paying them back in any way he knows how. i'm happy to take on union bosses before and i'm happy to take them on again. >> but romney's actual target was santorum who the romney campaign labeled yesterday "big labor's favorite senator." the romney campaign hopes to make -- of...
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last night, romney came in third behind ron paul. so what does your gut tell you looking at last night's results? do you agree with the national review and others? go to facebook.com/news nation to cast your vote. an update to a previous gut check. arizona's high court has upheld a ruling that barred a candidate from running for local office because she didn't speak english so well i guess. anyway, the candidate was running for city council seat in the border town of san luis until the cord ordered tests revealed she did not have the strong enough command of the gish language to serve. her attorney is looking to appeal the -- to the u.s. supreme court. wow. that does it for this edition of "news nation." i'm tamron hall. martin bashir is up next. gimme that. let's foam in those tones and highlights. [ gigi ] try nice 'n easy colorblend foam. get permanent dimensional color in a drip-free delight! oooohh! [ gigi ] our foam penetrates hair and locks in color. for tones and highlights that last. drips? dropped! grays? gone! why put up w
last night, romney came in third behind ron paul. so what does your gut tell you looking at last night's results? do you agree with the national review and others? go to facebook.com/news nation to cast your vote. an update to a previous gut check. arizona's high court has upheld a ruling that barred a candidate from running for local office because she didn't speak english so well i guess. anyway, the candidate was running for city council seat in the border town of san luis until the cord...
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wednesday night's face to face showdown between mitt romney and president obama. will it be the game changer that romney desperately needs? plus you've seen him in those bain commercials bashing mitt romney in the battle ground states. they've been spoofed on "saturday night live" now the workers have hitting the campaign trail. they are the new gop campaign ad rock stars. how they're using babies just like that in the ads to woo women. a lot more coming up in the 11:00 a.m. hour of me being a married man. see you in a second. e imperfects living in a beautifully imperfect world. it's amazing we've made it this far. maybe it's because when one of us messes up, someone else comes along to help out. that's the thing about humans. when things are at their worst, we're at our best. see how at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance -- responsibility. what's your policy? that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unite
wednesday night's face to face showdown between mitt romney and president obama. will it be the game changer that romney desperately needs? plus you've seen him in those bain commercials bashing mitt romney in the battle ground states. they've been spoofed on "saturday night live" now the workers have hitting the campaign trail. they are the new gop campaign ad rock stars. how they're using babies just like that in the ads to woo women. a lot more coming up in the 11:00 a.m. hour of...
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tonight's lead -- romney republican it is a big night at the gop convention. perhaps the republicans' best chance at convincing the public that romney should be president of the united states. just moments ago, mr. romney got to the magic number of delegates needed to clinch the nomination. just a few hours from now, we hear will from mr. romney's wife, ann, who will talk about him as husband and father. then new jersey governor chris christie will give the keynote speech and what we are told will be a tough speechmaking the cause for romney's policies. but tonight, other you a peels. nbc's first read reports that in just a few minutes, rick santorum is expected to make a welfare -- central part of his primetime speech at this convention. the false welfare attacks on president obama which have become a staple for romney in ads and on the campaign trail. >> the president is taking the work requirement out of welfare. yeah. going at us like he's going to -- excuse me, how in the world can he not understand the power of work, the dignity of work? >> house speaker
tonight's lead -- romney republican it is a big night at the gop convention. perhaps the republicans' best chance at convincing the public that romney should be president of the united states. just moments ago, mr. romney got to the magic number of delegates needed to clinch the nomination. just a few hours from now, we hear will from mr. romney's wife, ann, who will talk about him as husband and father. then new jersey governor chris christie will give the keynote speech and what we are told...
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at last night's republican debate. so quoting chad and jeremy, yesterday's gone and we move on, to tonight and tomorrow and iowa. nbc news chief white house correspondent and host of "the daily rundown," here on msnbc, that's chuck todd live from the gop political center of the earth in iowa. welcome, chuck. >> how you doing, matt? we're at the state fair. i can tell you, about 25 feet away, sarah palin, working the crowd right now, as we speak. >> so what's your -- what trechts ytrecht interests you as we head into this weekend? it's kind of a crazy carnival atmosphere, right? >> it is. and when it comes to the ames straw poll, it always is. a very fetive, like no political event i've attended. i go to every one of them. they're a lot of fun and i would argue, election day were like the ames straw poll you'd have an 80% turnout. this is interesting, because it's sort of a three dimensional republican primary going on and a split screen where all the candidates are. so tomorrow you're going to have this sort of minneso
at last night's republican debate. so quoting chad and jeremy, yesterday's gone and we move on, to tonight and tomorrow and iowa. nbc news chief white house correspondent and host of "the daily rundown," here on msnbc, that's chuck todd live from the gop political center of the earth in iowa. welcome, chuck. >> how you doing, matt? we're at the state fair. i can tell you, about 25 feet away, sarah palin, working the crowd right now, as we speak. >> so what's your -- what...
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credible source that romney has not paid taxes for ten years. it seems to me what romney is trying to cover up, there's not obama in the economy and all that, but he doesn't want to release his tax returns. why not? >> he does not want -- >> what's he hiding? >> i have no idea what he's hiding. that's the big question. until we do it's speculation. i saw spunk there from romney saying put up or shut up to reid. but this is not going to go away. romney thinks he can keep talking about other issues. david was right. this keeps -- >> how can a nonpartisan member say -- not that i would have any influence over such -- >> of course no. >> -- nor be selected, but they cannot not have sk this question. they have to ask if it's not answered. >> this question is not going away until election day. there's only one way it goes away. that's if he releases taxes. i've been saying this for weeks. why do you go with a slow bleeding wound? because ripping open the chest cavity is worse. and mitt romney is the only guy probably in his campaign who fully knows wh
credible source that romney has not paid taxes for ten years. it seems to me what romney is trying to cover up, there's not obama in the economy and all that, but he doesn't want to release his tax returns. why not? >> he does not want -- >> what's he hiding? >> i have no idea what he's hiding. that's the big question. until we do it's speculation. i saw spunk there from romney saying put up or shut up to reid. but this is not going to go away. romney thinks he can keep...
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what does obama have to do and what does romney have to do tomorrow night? >> the biggest danger for obama is he comes out and just lights his hair on fire and goes nuts out there. he doesn't have a whole lot of hair to light, to that can be very dangerous. i think it's the opposite problem of -- remember with the al gore debate. he had his first debate, comes out with the sighing and gets in george w. bush's face. the second debate, it looked like the man was sedated and he could not be awakened for anything and it was an overreaction. that's the biggest danger for obama. the pressure is really on him here, and he needs to thread the needle and be forceful without being overbearing, he needs to appear to be presidential while also getting in the gutter and mixing up with romney. it's a very difficult task, but, of course, it's one he created for himself a week ago. >> well, we've all been a little dismissive of polls today, but i'll ask you about another one, dana. the politico/george washington battleground role has romney improving his likability since th
what does obama have to do and what does romney have to do tomorrow night? >> the biggest danger for obama is he comes out and just lights his hair on fire and goes nuts out there. he doesn't have a whole lot of hair to light, to that can be very dangerous. i think it's the opposite problem of -- remember with the al gore debate. he had his first debate, comes out with the sighing and gets in george w. bush's face. the second debate, it looked like the man was sedated and he could not be...
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we saw ann romney last night. and watching that speech from the forum, i think i saw a -- marked difference in the energy in that room when she walked out. the emotion and the excitement when she was speaking and as -- >> you know when the excitement ended? when he walked out. >> no, no, no. as a matter of fact -- no. listen. let me tell you something. i loved that moment. chris, let me tell you. i loved that moment. if you watch the replay, he embraced her, kissed her. he said -- you were so fabulous. they probably had a great time when they got home. i mean -- they had -- love between each other. beautiful. >> thanks for the portrait you just gave us. i think she's very attractive and he is lucky to have her. look at this. these are all the ann freaks here. let me ask you about the tea party and the future. is the tea party-going to be some day the dom in an force within the republican party? >> i think we are the dominant force now, political atmosphere, period. everyone is talking about our values. 80% of the
we saw ann romney last night. and watching that speech from the forum, i think i saw a -- marked difference in the energy in that room when she walked out. the emotion and the excitement when she was speaking and as -- >> you know when the excitement ended? when he walked out. >> no, no, no. as a matter of fact -- no. listen. let me tell you something. i loved that moment. chris, let me tell you. i loved that moment. if you watch the replay, he embraced her, kissed her. he said --...
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romney mentioned the west african nation of mali at least four times last night. now, we don't wish to minimize its importance. >> no, no. >> but mr. romney appeared to have selected mali as one might select the numbers on the lottery. pull out mali to sound impressive. >> well, that's clearly the one piece of information that he could remember from the power point when he was studying. like mali, they have terrorists, say mali, it will sound exotic and people will think i know what i'm talking about. here is what's interesting. you just showed it on the map. i wonder if he knows where it is on a map considering the other mistake he made regarding certain countries that are not actually landlocked and actually do have access to the seas. i mean, does he even know where these countries are is a big question, and does he even understand the complexities of what's going on in mali is another question. >> that's a very good question and i think we know what the answer to that is, no and no. karen finney and goldie taylor, thank you so much. next, mitt's big trip comes
romney mentioned the west african nation of mali at least four times last night. now, we don't wish to minimize its importance. >> no, no. >> but mr. romney appeared to have selected mali as one might select the numbers on the lottery. pull out mali to sound impressive. >> well, that's clearly the one piece of information that he could remember from the power point when he was studying. like mali, they have terrorists, say mali, it will sound exotic and people will think i...
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is this someone i want to see in my living room every night. although we like to focus on the policy, it's important and we want a broad range of topics covered. if you think about the first debate between president obama and mitt romney, the big take-away was personality traits. romney seemed feisty and aggressive and the president seemed passive like he didn't really want to be there. i think mother anything voters are looking for how do i feel about these people? how are they when they're caught off-balance? i like to see questions that force them to get off their talking points and be a little bill off-balance. >> i totally agree. we were getting at that in the last segment when toure asked about the famous rape question to michael dukakis. trying to take mare of a candidate as a man or woman versus the issues. i think there's some value. here's a question i would like to see asked. i love a moderator to step in and make mitt romney grapple with something he hasn't been forced to grapple with publicly. to prove he was pro-choice in massachu
is this someone i want to see in my living room every night. although we like to focus on the policy, it's important and we want a broad range of topics covered. if you think about the first debate between president obama and mitt romney, the big take-away was personality traits. romney seemed feisty and aggressive and the president seemed passive like he didn't really want to be there. i think mother anything voters are looking for how do i feel about these people? how are they when they're...
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first, to the late night scene and some revamped campaign ads for romney. here is david lettmaon the release of romney's tax returns. >> mitt romney released his 2011 tax returns, and that's not all. take a look. >> last week republican presidential candidate mitt romney released his 2011 income taxes and after numerous requests mitt has also decided to release his tax forms from the last 20 years. >> there you go. >> i'm mitt romney. j kl ok on romney's attempt to convince voters he can empathize with struggling americans in the aftermath of those comments on the 47of americans he said don't even take care of their lives. >> too many americans are struggling to find work in today's economy. too many of those who ar working are living paycheck to paycheck. more americans are living in poverty than when president obama took off, and 15 million more are on food stamps. my plan will create 12 million new jobs over the next four years. we shouldn'teasure compassion by howany people are on welfare. we should measure compassion by how many people are able to get
first, to the late night scene and some revamped campaign ads for romney. here is david lettmaon the release of romney's tax returns. >> mitt romney released his 2011 tax returns, and that's not all. take a look. >> last week republican presidential candidate mitt romney released his 2011 income taxes and after numerous requests mitt has also decided to release his tax forms from the last 20 years. >> there you go. >> i'm mitt romney. j kl ok on romney's attempt to...
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tonight's lead, fight night in denver. in just under three hours, president obama and governor romney will meet on the stage at the university of colorado in their first debate where tens and millions of americans watching at home. the debate will showcase two competing visions for america, two conflicting views of government, a clash of ideas about the kind of democracy we want. it could hardly be a more stark choice for the country. but this is also personal it's about two men and who are and how they will connect with the american people. no doubt about it, this is a big night. join me now, cynthia tucker and erin mcpike who covers the campaign for real clear politics. thank you both for coming on the show. >> thank you. >> thanks for having me. >> erin, let me go to you first. mitt romney is behind. what does he need to cover up? what does he need to do tonight? >> he needs to show, especially middle class voters, that he has a plan. we've already heard from the obama campaign that the president is likely to push mitt
tonight's lead, fight night in denver. in just under three hours, president obama and governor romney will meet on the stage at the university of colorado in their first debate where tens and millions of americans watching at home. the debate will showcase two competing visions for america, two conflicting views of government, a clash of ideas about the kind of democracy we want. it could hardly be a more stark choice for the country. but this is also personal it's about two men and who are and...
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we have an excellent montage to show how not off the cuff romney was last night. >> america the beautiful, o beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain. corn counts, right? for amber waves of grain, if corn counts, if corn counts, does corn qualify as an amber wave of grain? >> i'm sorry, this is a politician stump speech. they have to make thousands. >> it wasn't the time to deliver the stump speech. go back four years -- >> i agree. >> comparisons with obama. you know, i covered him for about a year before we got to the iowa caucus. those big speeches that's when people say who is this guy, rehearsing a stump speech and doing it badly is no way to introduce yourself to a whole new bunch of voters who are tuning. in -- -- why they wanted to quote verses written by someone else, i don't understand what he was trying to express there. for someone who has said economy, economy, economy, i'm the guy who can fix the economy, to go in on a -- run on sanctions, never mind there have been sanctions against iran, but -- >> you know, speaking about the economy, i think the real winner
we have an excellent montage to show how not off the cuff romney was last night. >> america the beautiful, o beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain. corn counts, right? for amber waves of grain, if corn counts, if corn counts, does corn qualify as an amber wave of grain? >> i'm sorry, this is a politician stump speech. they have to make thousands. >> it wasn't the time to deliver the stump speech. go back four years -- >> i agree. >> comparisons...
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debate left him confused. >> last night you saw governor romney rushing to agree with the president on iraq, afghanistan, syria. he disavowed the foreign policy he's been running on for the past two years, just like that. half the time i didn't know whether governor romney was there to debate barack obama or endorse barack obama. it was hard to tell. >> 59.2 million television viewers watched last night's debate, down from 65.6 million who watched the second presidential debate. a cbs poll shows that 53% of uncommitted voters believe president obama won and only 23% believe romney one. and a reuters poll shows 37% obama won and 31% romney won. and 42% believe mitt romney won. today nate silver forecasts that on november 6th, president obama has a 73% chance of winning re-election and mitt romney will win 247 votes. >> i know you work while rush limbaugh is on. you actually overlap with him. >> i actually have him in my ear. >> you can't miss a minute. >> so you cut deeply into his first hour of ratings. >> i do. >> therefore it is my job to deliver to you what rush has said today. i
debate left him confused. >> last night you saw governor romney rushing to agree with the president on iraq, afghanistan, syria. he disavowed the foreign policy he's been running on for the past two years, just like that. half the time i didn't know whether governor romney was there to debate barack obama or endorse barack obama. it was hard to tell. >> 59.2 million television viewers watched last night's debate, down from 65.6 million who watched the second presidential debate. a...
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last night in miami, he had a split of the tongue with congratulating the miami heat. take a listen. >> finally, it would be incomplete if i did not congratulate the city of miami for having the world champion miami heat here in town. >> he knows it. if you have thoughts about the heats, the heat, the alien invasion or anything else, join the conversation on twitter. it's very important to understand how math and science kind of makes the world work. in high school, i had a physics teacher by the name of mr. davies. he made physics more than theoretical, he made it real for me. we built a guitar, we did things with electronics and mother boards. that's where the interest in engineering came from. so now, as an engineer, i have a career that speaks to that passion. thank you, mr. davies. >>> welcome back. let's jump across the pond, take you to london, where that city is anticipating an eagerly awaiting the olympics, and the big ceremony coming up exactly one month from today. london officials are ramping up for the games, unveiling five gigantic olympic rings over the
last night in miami, he had a split of the tongue with congratulating the miami heat. take a listen. >> finally, it would be incomplete if i did not congratulate the city of miami for having the world champion miami heat here in town. >> he knows it. if you have thoughts about the heats, the heat, the alien invasion or anything else, join the conversation on twitter. it's very important to understand how math and science kind of makes the world work. in high school, i had a physics...
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take a listen. >> now, my opponent is doing a little tap dance at the debate the other night. trying to wriggle out of stuff he's been saying for a year. doing like a -- it was like "dancing with the stars." more maybe it was "extreme makeover." debate edition. >> robert, is that effective? >> i'm not so sure it's effective, chris. a biggest appeal factor is does seem presidential and likable like perry said but getting too personal in the attacks and petty sounding in the rhetoric, he risks maybe alienating independent voters that like the presidential appeal and like his likability and what you see mitt romney maybe doing is going in the debate at the record and not the president's style. >> let's bring in the chairman of the rnc. welcome back. >> hey, thank you for having me. >> you were busy yesterday but maybe you saw some of the guys on the other side on the sunday shows. let's play for you a couple of clips of robert gibbs and david axelr axelrod. here they are. >> mitt romney says anything to get elected and you have to wonder what they say when they're president of th
take a listen. >> now, my opponent is doing a little tap dance at the debate the other night. trying to wriggle out of stuff he's been saying for a year. doing like a -- it was like "dancing with the stars." more maybe it was "extreme makeover." debate edition. >> robert, is that effective? >> i'm not so sure it's effective, chris. a biggest appeal factor is does seem presidential and likable like perry said but getting too personal in the attacks and petty...